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Annual Compliance for Private Limited Companies

Every ROC form, register and deadline your company owes each year — AOC-4, MGT-7A, DIR-3 KYC, DPT-3 and the AGM calendar — handled for one fixed annual fee.

Starts at ₹11,999 per year + govt fees · fixed, no per-form billing

Full-year calendar managedPenalty shield on our deadlinesDedicated compliance managerRegisters & minutes maintained

What does annual compliance for a private limited company mean?

Annual compliance is the set of filings and records every private limited company must complete each year under the Companies Act, 2013 — regardless of turnover, even at zero revenue. The core calendar: an AGM within six months of year-end, financial statements filed in AOC-4 within 30 days of the AGM, the annual return in MGT-7A within 60 days, DIR-3 KYC for every director by 30 September, and DPT-3 for loans and advances by 30 June. FilingBase manages the entire calendar from ₹11,999 a year.

The stakes are disproportionate to the effort. Late AOC-4 or MGT-7A accrues ₹100 per day per form with no upper cap. Directors of a company that skips filings for three consecutive years are disqualified for five years from every board they sit on — and the ROC has been striking off non-filing companies in bulk, freezing their bank accounts in the process.

Our model is simple: one fixed fee, a compliance manager who owns your calendar, board and AGM documentation prepared for signature, and the same live tracker you get on every FilingBase order.

What the plan takes off your plate

The whole calendar, owned

AGM timing, board meetings, AOC-4, MGT-7A, DIR-3 KYC, DPT-3, MSME-1 — mapped to dates and chased by us, not remembered by you.

Director protection

On-time filings keep DINs active and directors clear of Section 164(2) disqualification — the career risk founders underrate.

Paperwork that holds up

Notices, minutes, resolutions and statutory registers drafted properly — what due-diligence teams actually open first.

Fixed fee, no meter

One annual price for the standard calendar. Event-based filings (director changes, capital increases) quoted separately, never smuggled in.

One tracker for everything

Every form’s status — prepared, signed, filed, approved — with SRNs visible, all year.

Audit coordination

We work directly with your statutory auditor on schedules and signings so year-end doesn’t stall in email threads.

Documents required

Once a year

  • Audited financial statements (or trial balance for us to coordinate audit)
  • Bank statements for the financial year
  • Details of loans, advances and deposits (for DPT-3)
  • Shareholding changes during the year, if any

We prepare for signature

  • AGM notice, directors’ report and minutes
  • Board resolutions through the year
  • AOC-4 and MGT-7A e-forms
  • DIR-3 KYC for each director
  • Statutory registers (members, directors, charges)

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A compliance year with FilingBase

  1. Onboarding & health checkWeek 1

    We pull your MCA master data, verify past filings, flag anything overdue, and build your dated calendar for the year.

  2. DPT-3 — returns of depositsBy 30 Jun

    Loans, advances and deposits reported by 30 June. Most founders don’t know director loans count — we do.

  3. DIR-3 KYC for all directorsBy 30 Sep

    Every DIN holder completes KYC by 30 September — miss it and the DIN deactivates with a ₹5,000 reactivation fee.

  4. AGM & financial statementsBy 30 Sep

    AGM held within 6 months of year-end; notice, directors’ report and minutes prepared by us, audit coordinated.

  5. AOC-4 and MGT-7A filedOct–Nov

    Financials within 30 days of AGM, annual return within 60 — filed, SRNs on your tracker, registers updated.

Transparent pricing

Essentials

11,999

per year + govt fees · dormant or early-stage companies

  • AOC-4 and MGT-7A filing
  • AGM notice, directors’ report & minutes
  • DIR-3 KYC for 2 directors
  • DPT-3 filing
  • Compliance calendar & reminders
  • MCA master-data health check
  • Accounting & bookkeeping
  • ITR-6 company tax return
Choose Essentials
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Standard

19,999

per year + govt fees · operating companies

  • Everything in Essentials
  • Company ITR-6 filing
  • Statutory registers maintained
  • Board meeting documentation (4 meetings)
  • Auditor coordination end-to-end
  • MSME-1 half-yearly returns
  • Monthly bookkeeping
Choose Standard

CFO Lite

34,999

per year + govt fees · compliance plus the numbers

  • Everything in Standard
  • Monthly bookkeeping (up to 100 entries/mo)
  • TDS returns (24Q/26Q) quarterly
  • Advance-tax computations
  • Quarterly MIS for founders
  • Priority WhatsApp line
Choose CFO Lite

All prices are professional fees exclusive of GST at 18%. Government fees and stamp duty are charged at actuals and shown before you pay.

The forms, decoded

FormWhat it reportsDeadlineLate cost
AOC-4Audited financials to the ROC30 days from AGM₹100/day, uncapped
MGT-7AAnnual return — shareholding, directors60 days from AGM₹100/day, uncapped
DIR-3 KYCDirector identity KYC, per DIN30 SeptemberDIN deactivated + ₹5,000
DPT-3Loans, advances & deposits30 JunePenalty exposure under deposit rules
ADT-1Auditor appointment/reappointment15 days from AGM₹100/day-style additional fees
MSME-1Dues to MSME vendors beyond 45 days30 Apr / 31 OctFines under Section 405
ITR-6Company income-tax return31 October234F fee + interest, loss carry-forward lost

Event-based filings — director changes, office shifts, capital increases, share transfers — sit outside the annual calendar and are quoted per event.

Zero revenue is not zero compliance (and other expensive surprises)

The most common — and most expensive — misunderstanding among first-time founders: “the company didn’t do anything this year, so there’s nothing to file.” The Companies Act disagrees. A company with zero sales still must hold its AGM, prepare audited financials (yes, an audit of nothing), and file AOC-4 and MGT-7A. The ₹100/day meters run identically for dormant and active companies. For a company that has genuinely stopped, the clean exits are formal dormant status under Section 455 or strike-off — both cheaper than three years of accumulating late fees followed by director disqualification.

Second surprise: DIR-3 KYC is personal, not corporate. Every individual holding a DIN — including inactive co-founders who left years ago — must complete it by 30 September or their DIN deactivates. A deactivated DIN blocks every filing that needs that director’s signature, usually discovered at the worst moment.

Third: DPT-3 catches founder loans. Money you lent your own company — the most common startup financing there is — must be reported annually as an exempted deposit. Skipping it because “it’s my own money” is a genuine penalty risk under the deposit rules.

Finally, timing strategy: the AGM anchor date drives AOC-4 and MGT-7A. Holding the AGM early in September gives comfortable filing room before MCA’s portal-crunch season; we schedule clients deliberately to avoid the late-November scramble when the portal slows and CAs are triaging.

When something changes mid-year

Annual compliance covers the recurring calendar. The moment your company changes shape — a director joins or exits, you move office, raise authorised capital for a funding round, or transfer shares — an event-based ROC filing comes due, usually within 30 days. Plan clients get these quoted upfront at member rates, with the same tracker.

Frequently asked questions

My company had no transactions this year. Do I still need all this?

Yes — AGM, audited financials, AOC-4 and MGT-7A apply to every company on the register, active or not. If the business is genuinely shelved, formal dormant status (Section 455) or strike-off are the correct cost-savers; ignoring filings is the expensive third option.

What does annual compliance cost in total, including government fees?

Our Essentials plan is ₹11,999/year in professional fees. MCA filing fees for AOC-4 and MGT-7A are modest (a few hundred rupees each for small companies, scaled to capital); DIR-3 KYC is free when on time. Budget roughly ₹13,000–₹15,000 all-in for a small, punctual company — versus ₹100/day/form when late.

What happens if AOC-4 or MGT-7A are filed late?

A flat ₹100 per day per form, with no upper limit — a year’s delay on both forms is ₹73,000 in fees alone. Beyond money: three consecutive unfiled years disqualifies every director for five years (Section 164(2)) and puts the company on strike-off lists, which freezes bank accounts.

What is DIR-3 KYC and who has to do it?

An annual identity confirmation for every DIN holder — every director, on every board, active or not — due 30 September. Missing it deactivates the DIN (₹5,000 to restore) and stalls any filing needing that director’s signature. Our plans include it for two directors; more are added at cost.

Is the statutory audit included in your plans?

Audit must be performed by an independent statutory auditor — by law, the same firm handling your filings shouldn’t audit them. What we do: prepare audit-ready financials, coordinate the entire back-and-forth with your auditor (or introduce an independent one), and handle ADT-1. Audit fees are the auditor’s own, typically ₹10,000–₹25,000 for small companies.

When is the AGM actually due?

Within six months of financial year end — 30 September for a March year-end — with no more than 15 months between AGMs. A first AGM gets nine months from the first year-end. We calendar it early in September so the AOC-4/MGT-7A clocks start with slack, not panic.

What is DPT-3 and does it apply to my bootstrapped startup?

Almost certainly yes. DPT-3 reports money the company holds that isn’t share capital — including director and shareholder loans, the standard way founders fund early operations. It is due 30 June each year even when the amounts are exempt from deposit rules. It is the most-skipped form we see at onboarding.

We are two years behind. Can you fix it?

Yes — this is routine work for us. We reconstruct accounts, coordinate pending audits, compute the accumulated additional fees honestly (they cannot be waived), file the backlog in the right order, and check director disqualification status before starting. The meter argues for starting this week, not next quarter.

Do LLPs have the same requirements?

LLPs have a lighter but equally unforgiving calendar — Form 11 by 30 May and Form 8 by 30 October, with the same ₹100/day late fee. See our LLP annual compliance plan.

Reviewed by Vijay DhawanManaging Partner, LexVerge LLP · reviewed for accuracy under the Companies Act, 2013 and current MCA/GST/Income-tax rules
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